International acquisitions and shareholder wealth Evidence from the Netherlands

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-174

  Corhay, Albert ^a   Rad, Alireza Tourani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Corporate control; F36; G34; International finance; Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042910410     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-5219(00)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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